Since moving from Sevilla to Barca, the 29-year-old star has proved to be one of the best midfielders in the world. He has won every major trophy with the Catalan giants and has regularly started for them this season as well.

In the current campaign, the former Schalke midfielder has so far featured in 28 games, scored 1 goal and provided 3 assists.

Rakitic can effectively play as a creative central midfielder and also as an attacking midfielder if needed. The Croatian superstar signed a new contract back in March 2017 (until 2021) that has a huge release clause of £110million (FCB).

At the moment, with Ramsey out injured, Wilshere and Xhaka are the regular starters in the Arsenal midfield. In your opinion, do the Gunners really need to strengthen their midfield?